Definition of Ranchos

1. rancho [n] - See also: rancho

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ranchos

ranches
ranchette
ranchettes
ranchhand
ranchhands
ranching
ranchings
ranchland
ranchlands
ranchless
ranchlike
ranchman
ranchmen
rancho
ranchoes
ranchos (current term)
ranchwoman
ranchwomen
rancid
rancider
rancidest
rancidification
rancidified
rancidifies
rancidify
rancidifying
rancidities
rancidity
rancidly
rancidness

Literary usage of Ranchos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"POPULATION—SAX DIEGO—LAST OF THE PRESIDIAL COMPANY—MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS—ranchos—MISSION SAN DIEGO—SAN Luis REY—PADRE IBARRA—WASTING-AWAY OF THE ESTATES—SAN ,li ..."

2. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1885)
"In the pueblo proper were 770 inhabitants de razón, and on the ranchos, 230. If we add 160 for the adjoining missions of San Gabriel and San Fernando, ..."

3. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1891)
"All of these described were of the southern district and near Los Angeles. The great majority of the ranchos and haciendas were granted under Mexican rule. ..."

4. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"A narrow path brought us out into the camino real, along which we passed several small ranchos of sugar-cane. At eleven o'clock we reached the hacienda of ..."

5. Spanish Institutions of the Southwest by Frank Wilson Blackmar (1891)
"The great majority of the ranchos and haciendas were granted under Mexican rule. Some of the ranchos were like the old feudal estates. ..."

6. A Selection of Cases and Statutes on the Principles of Code Pleading: With Notes by Charles McGuffey Hepburn (1901)
"During the litigation and five years prior to judgment, Hopkins transferred his interest in the property to the Stearns ranchos Company. ..."

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